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Roughly 83 million Americans currently live under a broadband monopoly. In most instances, their only choice is Comcast or Charter Communications, which sells service under the “Spectrum” brand. And in both cases, users pay significantly higher prices for spotty, slow, service with statistically terrible customer service, because that’s how monopolization works. But the nation’s two […]

A developer is preparing for construction of a mixed-use development on 50 acres in the Metro East that would combine a new subdivision of 174 townhouses with a memory-care facility and speculative retail.

The Ferguson-based technology and engineering company said the deal represents a "meaningful step" in its "continued commitment to creating a higher growth, more diversified and cohesive portfolio."

MARCs have drawn hours-long lines in the last week, with thousands of people looking for help with flooding-related damage.

Nonprofit law firm urges school board to implement new policies to fix “unlawful practice” related to reassignment of students to avoid showing up in suspension data.

Many Missouri school districts will be in class only four days a week this academic year. A professor who studies rural schools in the state says the condensed schedule is a reflection of the teacher shortage, which is now a crisis.

Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-Ballwin) has just sailed into uncharted waters. Wagner’s Second Congressional District has long been regarded as safely Republican, with good reason: Democrats have held the seat for only one two-year term in the past 36 years. Republican gerrymandering last year made it redder.

Solar panels atop the three-car garage offset half of the home’s electrical usage.

St. Louis investors who backed idea of a new crop are 'very happy'

City leaders said low-level cases are canceled almost annually to help the municipal courts focus on more serious crimes.

In parts of the Midwest where lead mining and smelting lasted for over a century, communities are still dealing with toxic waste left behind by the industry. Lead, a dangerous neurotoxin, persists in the environment, including in water and soil, where it can pose a threat to the health of people living nearby. The risk […]

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A Taco Bell restaurant on Manchester Road in Ballwin went up in flames.

Few things are more important in determining how well our government functions than each of us taking time to become informed, and to vote wisely in selecting those who will represent us. The primary elections in Missouri, and in most states, are over. The midterm elections are just around the corner on Nov. 8. Wherever […]

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Coal mining destroyed Appalachia's mountaintops. Then came the floodwaters.

The wildly colorful clothing boutique is "a fashion oasis in the heart of Old Town Florissant," its owner says.